>Hoda was so furious over Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters in January that she wanted the country’s security forces to be attacked as payback. Then the bombs began to batter areas near her Tehran home. “I was always against these people and thought it would be limited and finished fast,” she said of the U.S. and Israeli attacks. “I regret that and take it back. They are turning the country into ruins.” Hoda, 40, like others interviewed for this article, asked that only her first name be used out of fear of arrest or harassment from security forces.
>Hoda said she has watched on satellite TV channels as members of the Iranian diaspora talk about the possibility of former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi leading the country, but says they are out of touch with the realities on the ground.
>“They don’t have a sense of what it feels like when a jet is on top of your house and you think you are dead every day,” she said.
This was entirely predictable. A [Financial Times article](https://archive.ph/LA4lu) reported the same yesterday
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I think Israel’s attacks to the oil depot in Tehran should serve as a mask off moment, if people still needed one, their goals is to not have a democratic and liberal Iran but instead a failed state too fragile to look anything but inwards. it’s a shame because Iran‘s populace distaste towards the Mullahs had never been higher and a true window of opportunity had appeared.
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I’m sure killing all those girls won many points amongst the protesters the USA supposedly cares about. And bombing everything else. And ruining the economy. Wow surely the protesters will now totally keep being on the USA’s side. They have shown to care so much about them after all.
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>Hoda was so furious over Iran’s violent crackdown on protesters in January that she wanted the country’s security forces to be attacked as payback. Then the bombs began to batter areas near her Tehran home. “I was always against these people and thought it would be limited and finished fast,” she said of the U.S. and Israeli attacks. “I regret that and take it back. They are turning the country into ruins.” Hoda, 40, like others interviewed for this article, asked that only her first name be used out of fear of arrest or harassment from security forces.
>Hoda said she has watched on satellite TV channels as members of the Iranian diaspora talk about the possibility of former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi leading the country, but says they are out of touch with the realities on the ground.
>“They don’t have a sense of what it feels like when a jet is on top of your house and you think you are dead every day,” she said.
This was entirely predictable. A [Financial Times article](https://archive.ph/LA4lu) reported the same yesterday
I think Israel’s attacks to the oil depot in Tehran should serve as a mask off moment, if people still needed one, their goals is to not have a democratic and liberal Iran but instead a failed state too fragile to look anything but inwards. it’s a shame because Iran‘s populace distaste towards the Mullahs had never been higher and a true window of opportunity had appeared.
I’m sure killing all those girls won many points amongst the protesters the USA supposedly cares about. And bombing everything else. And ruining the economy. Wow surely the protesters will now totally keep being on the USA’s side. They have shown to care so much about them after all.